New government research shows more than half of Australians between ages 12 and 17 have witnessed racist or hateful comments about cultural or religious groups online.
The most targeted group was Muslims, with 53 per cent saying they had been confronted with harmful online content.
That was well ahead of asylum seekers and Indigenous Australians, at 37 per cent each.
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